History Webcomic / Gastrophobia

* GoshDangitToHeck: Well, initially.

Anyway, this comic is no less historically accurate than other serious illustrated documentaries like ''{{ComicBook/Asterix}}'' or ''[[ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer Groo]]''.

* AltText

* BookDumb: What the example under {{Foreshadowing}} below was implied to be at the time; Philia gives off a vibe of not being all that bright, at the best of times.

** GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Again, Krphxyzwlps.

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-04-13 Mania.]]

* GoshDangitToHeck: Well, initially.

* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Parodied. Multiple times.
* RiddlingSphinx: A sphinx is repeatedly humiliated because she only knows [[RiddleOfTheSphinx the one riddle]], and [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-03-09 everyone]], even [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-03-06 the little kid]], knows the answer already.

* RedOniBlueOni: Phobia and Gastro. Sometimes also Phobia and Klepto, when he behaves less obtusely.

-->'''Phobia:''' ''(smiling)'' And if you ever endanger my son again, I'll have to cut out one of your kidneys and force-feed it to you.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Mockingbirds.

* BigCreepyCrawlies

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Seen [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-01-15 here]], between [[ShipTease Phobia and Klepto]].

** The entire Bambikles arc is a direct parody of ''TheRingingBell''.

* SlippedTheRopes: Well, the handcuffes: http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-01-28 Phobia in the Mockinbirds dungeon.]]

* TranslationConvention: Lampshaded for a punchline [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-08-11 here]].

* AnachronismStew / HollywoodHistory: Banks, dining-and-dashing, EyeBeams, and XP in AncientGreece. Also, the [[http://gastrophobia.com/pix/extras/mapofancientgreece.gif map of Greece]] is actually a recolored map of Texas.

** [[{{ComicStrip/Popeye}} Bluto]] [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-22 makes a cameo]], followed [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-11-11 a few pages later]] by "the cow from ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie''".

** [[Webcomic/HarkAVagrant Katie Beaton's Fat Pony]] makes a cameo in the background [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-12 here]].

** "[[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-12-01 Horsefield]]" parodies the ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'' strips.

* NoIndoorVoice: Philia. '''[+++"I ''AM'' WHISPERING!"+++]''' [[hottip:*:[[CaptainObvious not whispering at all]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A town that the mockingbirds are trying to take over is called Cloud Cuckoo Land. The cuckoo birds themselves are normal, however.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The wind knocked Gastro's hat off! Wow!

* HotAmazon: Phobia, literally.

* FlatWhat: Phobia gives one when Philia tells her that [[spoiler:she is Kelpto and Phobia's daughter ''from the future'']].

** The "Unbearable" storyline puts up mutants ''Franchise/CareBears'' against ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.

Anyway, this comic is no less historically accurate than other serious illustrated documentaries like ''{{Asterix}}'' or ''[[GrooTheWanderer Groo]]''.

''[[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php GastroPhobia]]'' is a webcomic by David [=McGuire=], about the Amazonian exile and single mom Phobia; her precocious scamp of a son, Gastro; and her recently-acquired, listless slave Klepto. They have adventures in AncientGreece.

!!''[=GastroPhobia=]'' provides examples of:

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At the bottom of [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2008-09-03 this strip.]]

* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the AltText of [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-01-10 this comic.]] (In this case, it was obviously done on purpose to invoke the animated trope.)

* EarlyBirdCameo: Mania [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-04-13 here.]]

* MamaBear: Seen [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-09-28 here]].

* NoIndoorVoice: Philia. '''[+++"I ''AM'' WHISPERING!"+++]''' [[hottip:*:[[CaptainObvious not whispering at all]]]]

* OhMyGods: The names of Greek gods are often said in vain. Hell, even the trope name is said in [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2008-10-24 this strip.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Implied [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-11-23 here.]]

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Amusingly, the Sphinx is apparently played by an "actress" from the trope namer, namely Saphire from ''Manga/PrincessKnight''.
* SarcasmBlind: Klepto in [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-01-23 this strip.]]

* ShipTease: Phobia and Klepto get a [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-03 subtle]] [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-05 one]] in the main storyline. It's telling that they always seem to hit it off in the AU stories [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-29 here]] and [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-10-01 here]]. Eventually, the comic stops teasing and says outright that [[spoiler:they've been dating for months]] and that's why [[spoiler: Phobia wants to set him free.]]

** [[{{Popeye}} Bluto]] makes a cameo [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-22 here]], followed [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-11-11 a few pages later]] by "the cow from ''SteamboatWillie''".
** The owl in the Bambikles arc looks like Bubo from ''ClashOfTheTitans'', and is named Archimedes after the owl in Disney's ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''.

* TakeOffYourClothes: In [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-08-31 this strip]], Filby asks Phobia to take off her belt. She doesn't take it well.

* TimePolice: [[spoiler:Philia]]. First foreshadowed in [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-08-04 these]] [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-08-06 two]] pages, then shown in the [[LooseCanon dubiously canonical]] "badder comics" interlude, before finally showing up in the comic proper.

* TooKinkyToTorture: Klepto.

But I don't care what other people say\\
Everything's gonna be a-okay!\\
It's a brand new day, and there are monsters to slay\\
So get outta my way, or you're gonna pay!\\
Do whatever you may, but there ain't no time to play\\
Everything's gonna be a-okay]]!''

-->'''Phobia:''' ''[smiling]'' And if you ever endanger my son again, I'll have to cut out one of your kidneys and force-feed it to you.

* ReallyGetsAround: The real reason why Phobia can't tell Gastro who his real father was: [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-10-15 she doesn't know herself.]]

* ShipTease: Phobia and Klepto get a [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-03 subtle]] [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-05 one]] in the main storyline. It's telling that they always seem to hit it off in the AU stories [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-29 here]] and [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-10-01 here]].
** As of the latest storyline, [[spoiler:they've been dating for months]] and that's why [[spoiler: Phobia wants to set him free.]]

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Parodied, with Phobia telling Gastro she was seduced by Zeus in the form of an animal, but which one changes every time she tells the story. The "Handsome Giraffe" probably being the highlight. Later it's vaguely implied his father is "Lord Nightsorrow".
** The implications are pretty much spelled out during a recent recap and when Phobia slips up and reveals she DOES know who Gastro's father is, the flasback is... her with "Lord Nightsarrow". It's confirmed.

* TooKinkyToTorture: Klepto

-->'''Phobia:''' ''(smiling)'' And if you ever endanger my son again, I'll have to cut out one of your kidneys and force-feed it to you.

* ProudWarriorRaceGirl: Phobia, naturally. "A warrior does '''not''' wash dishes."

* StarSystem: Amusingly, the Sphinx is apparently played by an "actress" from the trope namer, namely Saphire from ''Manga/PrincessKnight''.

** The artwork contains numerous nods to OsamuTezuka. Trivia's character design resembles Saphire, the Bambikles story has several panel layouts that reference the original ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' manga and the Dine & Dash story has a gang of bank robbers who combine into a giant centipede, similar to Gadem from ''Manga/AstroBoy''. Not to mention the entire Bambikles arc being a direct parody of ''TheRingingBell''.

* StarSystem: Amusingly, the Sphinx is apparently played by an "actress" from the trope namer, namely Saphire from ''PrincessKnight''.

'''Philia:''' [+Well, ''GEE'', maybe it's because I'm 22!+]\\

'''Philia:''' [+Then I'm 28, SHEESH! Why is this so HARD for you?!+]

* NoIndoorVoice: Philia
-->'''[+++"I ''AM'' WHISPERING!"+++]''' [[hottip:*:[[CaptainObvious not whispering at all]]]]